Cessna 172R N395ES

Summary

On 5 August 2000 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N395ES was involved in an accident near Luzerne, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 August 2000 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Luzerne, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Lost Creek Airport (5Y4)

Coordinates

44.6108, -84.2609

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N395ES

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

South Bend → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI00LA242

Nobody was injured.

the misjudged flare and porpoise encountered during landing by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the collapse of the nose gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was damaged during a nose over following a nose gear collapse while landing. The pilot said that during landing the '... plane ballooned and gained noticeable altitude. At this point I [the pilot] determined that it was too late to do a go-around. During the attempt to get on the runway, main gear contact was made very hard, bouncing plane airborne. Then the plane porpoised down the runway until the nose gear collapsed.' The pilot indicated no mechanical failure or malfunction in his report of the accident. A postaccident examination of the aircraft failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. The pilot's airman certificate was issued on July 6, 2000. The pilot listed, in his written report, 88.1 hours total flight time and 29.9 hours as pilot in command.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.